Kermit Holmes

Kermit Leanell Holmes (born March 27, 1969) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. After sitting our his first year of college basketball due to Proposition 48, he played three years with the Oklahoma Sooners, being selected as a starter in his senior season. He went undrafted in the 1991 NBA draft and played several years in the CBA, where he won two championships and earned two selections in the United States national team, winning the gold medal during the FIBA Americas Championship 1997 and the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. After the end of his playing career he started coaching.

Kermit Holmes
Personal information
Born (1969-03-27) March 27, 1969
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolOkmulgee
(Okmulgee, Oklahoma)
CollegeOklahoma (1988–1991)
NBA draft1991: undrafted
Playing career1991–2001
PositionForward
Coaching career2001–present
Career history
As player:
1991–1992Columbus Horizon
1992New Jersey Jammers
1992–1993Columbus Horizon
1993–1994Oklahoma City Cavalry
1994Westchester Stallions
1994Rockford Lightning
1994–1995Mexico Aztecas
1995–1997Oklahoma City Cavalry
1997–1998Emlakbank Ortaköy
1998–1999Quad City Thunder
1999St. Louis Swarm
1999–2000Richmond Rhythm
2000–2001Trenton Shooting Stars
As coach:
2001–2005Midwest City HS (assistant)
2005–2014Lamar (assistant)
2017–presentNorman HS (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • CBA champion (1997, 1998)
  • CBA All-Star (1996)
  • Second-team All-USBL (1994)
  • First-team CBA All-Rookie (1992)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Winnipeg 1999National team
FIBA Americas Championship
1997 Montevideo Team competition
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